Food technologies/technologies of the body: The social context of wine and oil production and consumption in bronze age crete

World Archaeology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 38-54

  Hamilakis, Yannis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bronze age; Crete; Food; Olive oil; Wine

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; BRONZE AGE; CULTURAL HISTORY; FOOD CONSUMPTION; SOCIAL HISTORY;

CRETE; GREECE;

EID: 0032816349     PISSN: 00438243     EISSN: 14701375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00438243.1999.9980431     Document Type: Article

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